SCULPTURE & OBJECT-MAKING

Build Your Own Fountain

DATES: FOUR DAYS

Tuesday–Friday, May 30–June 2, 2–5 p.m.

FACULTY: Libbi Ponce

TUITION COST: $225

Get your creative juices flowing with a fountain building workshop! Each student will construct their own working fountain using a basin, tubing, motor pump, and central sculpture. Have fun with materials – consider engaging mortar, tile, mosaic, epoxy clay, air dry clay, silicone, and grout. Each piece will be about 1 cubic square foot or smaller. Basic fountain kit elements will be provided; bring your own embellishing materials to personalize your piece.

Setting the Table: An Introduction to Pewter Casting

DATES: Saturday–Sunday, June 3–4, 10 a.m.–5 p.m.**

FACULTY: Alden Burke & Maggie Wong

TUITION COST: $225

How is a utensil an extension of your body? What is the relationship between sculpture and performance? How can a gesture become an object? In this two-day workshop, students will learn the basics of pewter casting to create small sculptures and simple utensils (such as shapes that scoop) to facilitate a shared experience as a group that connects object-making and performance. In addition, students will learn about Fluxus practices of writing performance scores. Students will construct their own prompts that invite others to use their sculptures as utensils to eat during a shared meal that will take place at the conclusion of the weekend, thereby transforming the picnic blanket into a performance space (and vice versa). Materials included in tuition cost.

Earthly Impressions in Clay

DATES: FOUR DAYS

Tuesday–Friday, June 27–30, 2–5 p.m.

FACULTY: Maggie Bandstra

TUITION COST: $225

Students will use textures found in the landscape at

Ox-Bow to create patterns and textures in clay slabs, build vessels from the slabs of clay, and use underglaze to add color to pieces. Students will create multiple functional and non-functional pieces using handbuilding methods. Students will also have the opportunity to wheel-throw vessels if they desire. Pieces will dry, be fired, then glazed with a clear coat and fired again by Ox-Bow staff. Students will be responsible for picking up their completed pieces from campus at a later, agreed-upon date. Clay will be provided.

Broom Making Basics

DATES: FOUR DAYS

Tuesday–Friday, July 11–14, 2–5 p.m.

FACULTY: Cate

O’Connell-Richards

TUITION COST: $225

Become a broomsquire at Ox-Bow! Learn the foundations of handmaking brooms and whisks. This workshop will feature a presentation on the development of American broom making, including both traditional Appalachian and New England techniques, an introduction to broom making materials, and basic handmaking skills. Included will be demos on a turkey wing whisk, cobwebber, besom, and traditional flat sweeper. Students will be able to learn the basics, as well as have the time to experiment with different handles, weaves, materials, and forms.